Overall update

Here is the daily report for COVID-19 in Scotland for Thursday, 07 May 2020. For the full dashboard, including comparisons with other countries, please visit here.

Deaths:
The death toll is currently 1,762.
The number of new deaths reported today was 59, which represents a 3.5% increase on yesterday’s total.
The weekly ratio for new deaths measured over the last 7 days was 0.8. This is significantly less than 1.

Cases:
The total number of cases is currently 12,924.
The number of new cases today is 215, which represents a 1.7% increase on yesterday’s total.
The weekly ratio for new cases measured over the last 7 days was 0.8. This is significantly less than 1.

Hospital and ICU Occupancy
The number of patients in hospital with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 as of midnight is 1,587, of whom 86 are in ICU.
The day-of-the-week ratio for hospital occupancy 0.9. This is significantly less than 1.
The day-of-the-week ratio for ICU occupancy is 0.8. This is not significantly less than 1.

Cases per capita (measured per 10,000 head of population):
The highest incidence over the last day was 0.6, which occurred in Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
The highest cumulative incidence is 35.2, which is in Tayside.

Health Boards*:
The largest increase in cases in absolute terms by health board was 74 cases, which occurred in Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
The largest relative increase in cases was 2.3%, which occurred in Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
The highest weekly ratio for new cases was 2.5, which occurred in Highland and Western Isles. This is significantly greater than 1.

Tests:
The total number of tests reported is 67,097.
The total number of positive cases to date is 12,924.
The percentage of tests which were positive is currently 19.3%.


*To enhance graph readability and to account for cases being reallocated across health boards, the following health boards are grouped together: Grampian, Shetland and Orkney; Highland and Western Isles.

The data in this report are provided by Health Protection Scotland and published daily by the Scottish Government here. This report has been compiled in collaboration between members of the Epigroup and EERA groups at the University of Edinburgh.


Plots

Confirmed cases

Deaths

Confirmed cases by Health Board in Scotland

Map

Tests conducted

Confirmed cases per test conducted

Deaths per confirmed case


Rates of Change

Weekly ratios for new cases and new deaths are ratios of weekly sums, plotted on a log10 scale. Day-of-the-week ratios for hospital occupancy and ICU occupancy are ratios of daily counts, measured 7 days apart and plotted on a log10 scale. Figure insets highlight more recent ratios and trends.

Weekly ratios for new cases and new deaths are ratios of weekly sums, plotted on a log10 scale. Day-of-the-week ratios for hospital occupancy and ICU occupancy are ratios of daily counts, measured 7 days apart and plotted on a log10 scale. Figure insets highlight more recent ratios and trends.